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AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



Transfers Iroiii luinp-fuiid. Extension Service (States Rela- 

 tions Service), wiiidi liave been correspondingly re<lu('e«l : 

 Executive clerl< (from fanners' cooi)erative demonstration 



work> $2,000 



< Merle, class 2 (from farmers' cooperative demonstration 

 work) 1,400 



$3. 400 



34.560 



Transfer to statutory roll, office of the Secretary, 

 and the roll reduced accordingly: 



Director, with clian>:e of titlel $4, 5(X) 



Transfer to statutory roll. ( KHce of lOditorial and 

 Distribution Work, and the roll reduced accord- 

 ingly : 



!Mes.senf:er boy 480 



4. 9S0 



29. -.80 



Apparent increase 23. 700 



Places substituted: Mcssenjrer boy or laborer, at $480, substituted for mes- 

 f?enuer bov. at $480 : 2 charwomen, at $240 each, substituted for messenjrer hov. 

 at $480. 



Chauiie of title : Assistant in charge of motion-picture activities. $3,000. 

 chan.ired to assistant in chartie of otlice of motion ]) ctures. $3,0lM»; 2 clerks, at 

 $9(i0 each, changed to 2 laboratory aids, at $9(!0 each. 



INIr. BrcHANAX. There is no increase of salaries, is there? 



Doctor True. Xo increase of salaries. 



Mr. Buchanan. Xo increase of personnel or salary? 



Doctor True. Xo. sir. 



Mr. Buchanan. There has been quite a decrease in personnel that 

 happened this year. Yon do not mean to say that decrease has been 

 broufrht about by this arran«rement. do you? 



Assistant Seci'etary Pugsley. Yes; by the consolidation of the 

 offices of the Xorth and South. 



Mr. Buchanan. I mean to say, under this new arranojement ? 



Assistant Secretary Pugsley. Xo; that has not been possible, be- 

 cause it has not oone into effect vet. 



farmers cooperative DEMONSTRATION WORK. 



Mr. Anderson. The next item is on pa«re 80, for farmers' cooi^era- 

 tive demonstration work, whicli includes special investiirations of 

 plans and methods for more effective dissemination of the results 

 of the work of the Department of Ao;i-iculture and the a<rricuhural 

 experiment stations, etc. Your estimate is for $l,'2S4..'5r)(». 



Doctor True. Yes, sir. That is a decrease of $15,050 in that 

 item. 



Mr. Anderson, ^^'llat becomes of that $15,000 reduction^ Is it 

 saved i 



Mr. Jump. These are some of the transfers to the Secretary's roll 

 about which you have been told by Mr. Keese. Tliei'c were tw«) of the 

 iletaiU'd clerks ti-ansferred from that roll. A reduction of $5,000 is 

 also made in that I'oll in order to provide for the new place of 

 assistant in char<re of tiie office of editorial and distribution work at 

 a salarv of $5,000. This fund !•- icduced in onler to provide tlu' 

 $5,000 ior that. 



